Big announcement

1. China CITIC Bank's net profit for 2023 was 67.016 billion yuan, up 7.91% year-on-year

$CITIC BANK (00998.HK)$According to the announcement, in 2023, the Bank achieved total operating income of 205.896 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.60% over the previous year; total profit of 74.887 billion yuan, an increase of 2.00% over the previous year; and net profit attributable to shareholders of the Bank of 67.016 billion yuan, an increase of 7.91% over the previous year.

2. CIMC Auto is profitable. The estimated annual net profit to mother is about 2,398 billion yuan to 2,478 billion yuan, an increase of about 115% to 122% over the previous year

$CIMC VEHICLES (01839.HK)$The Group announced that the consolidated net profit range attributable to shareholders of listed companies for the year ended December 31, 2023 is RMB 2,398 billion to RMB 2,478 billion, an increase of about 115% to 122% over the same period last year (same period last year: profit of approximately RMB 1,118 billion).

3. Novartis Health is profitable, with an estimated annual gross profit of about 1,808 billion yuan to 1,883 billion yuan, an increase of 179.9% to 190% over the previous year

$NH HEALTH (06606.HK)$According to the announcement, the Group's total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023 is expected to be about 1,979 billion yuan to 2.05 billion yuan, an increase of 158.9% to 168.2% over the previous year. The Group's gross profit forecast for the year ended 31 December 2023 will be approximately 1,808 million yuan to 1,883 million yuan, an increase of 179.9% to 190% over the previous year.

4. China Unicom's 5G user growth rate accelerated month-on-month in December last year, with a net monthly increase of 5.082 million

$CHINA UNICOM (00762.HK)$According to the announcement, as of December last year, the total number of “Big Connect” users reached 988 million, a monthly net increase of 8.3 million, a decrease from the net increase of 11.06 million in November. Among them, the cumulative number of 5G package users reached 259 million, a net monthly increase of 5.082 million, up from 2.613 million in November.

Financial performance

$CHINA HUARONG (02799.HK)$Expected net profit of 1 billion to 2 billion yuan for 2023

$CIMC VEHICLES (01839.HK)$Yingxi: Net profit is expected to increase 115% to 122% year-on-year in 2023

$NH HEALTH (06606.HK)$: Total revenue is expected to increase by 158.9% to 168.2% year-on-year in 2023

Operational data

$CHINA RE (01508.HK)$: Dadi Financial Insurance's total original premium income in 2023 was about 49.36 billion yuan

$DATANG RENEW (01798.HK)$The completed power generation capacity of 3.21 million megawatt-hours in December decreased by 5.08% year-on-year

$MINMETALS LAND (00230.HK)$Contract sales for 2023 were approximately RMB 11.3 billion, down 15.0% year on year

$HWORLD-S (01179.HK)$Net increase of 852 hotels for the full year of 2023

Pharmaceutical Innovation

$SIHUAN PHARM (00460.HK)$: Proline gagliflozin tablets, an innovative SGLT-2 inhibitor, was approved for marketing by the State Drug Administration

$HANSOH PHARMA (03692.HK)$: HS-10501 tablets received clinical trial notice

Repurchase cancellation

$AIA (01299.HK)$On January 22, it cost HK$155 million to repurchase 2.6 million shares

$HSBC HOLDINGS (00005.HK)$On January 19, it spent HK$146 million to repurchase 2.476 million shares

$KINGDEE INT'L (00268.HK)$On January 22, it cost HK$103 million to buy back 12 million shares

$XIAOMI-W (01810.HK)$On January 22, it cost HK$90.25 million to buy back 7 million shares

$KINGSOFT (03888.HK)$2.146 million shares were repurchased at HK$40 million on January 22

$KUAISHOU-W (01024.HK)$On January 22, 969,000 shares were repurchased at HK$39,976 million

$CIMC (02039.HK)$On January 22, it spent 39.993 million yuan to buy back 5.0517 million A-shares

$NAYUKI (02150.HK)$Repurchase for 3 consecutive days, with a cumulative total of 1,545 million shares

$HISENSE HA (00921.HK)$On January 22, it spent 33.6 million yuan to buy back 1.4 million A-shares

$ESR (01821.HK)$On January 22, 3.3 million shares were repurchased at HK$32.54 million

$FLAT GLASS (06865.HK)$On January 22, it spent HK$29.79 million to buy back 1.99 million shares

$POP MART (09992.HK)$On January 22, a repurchase of 1.5 million shares was spent on HK$25.801,000

$COSCO SHIP HOLD (01919.HK)$On January 22, 2.6 million shares were repurchased at HK$2.2571 million

$SWIRE PACIFIC A (00019.HK)$On January 22, it cost HK$18.64 million to repurchase 305,500 shares

$CHINA MOBILE (00941.HK)$On January 22, it cost HK$14.708 million to repurchase 231,500 shares

$WANT WANT CHINA (00151.HK)$On January 22, it cost HK$13.928,200 to repurchase 3.256 million shares

$FOSUN INTL (00656.HK)$On January 22, it spent HK$13.13 million to buy back 3.186 million shares

$CHINASOFT INT'L (00354.HK)$On January 22, it cost HK$14.67 million to buy back 3 million shares

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